Showing results by publisher "Red Chair Press" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Often thought to be a fairy tale from India about the practice of arranged marriage, this creepy retelling of “The Snake Prince” highlights the dangers of jealousy and greed. One of four new stories in the award-winning Scary Tales Retold series.

Dragon offers them safety only if they serve him for seven years. To be set free, they must answer a riddle. Will the soldiers gain their freedom, or will they be servants of the Dragon forever? This is a grim retelling of The Devil and His Grandmother, an 1800s English tale adapted by the Brothers Grimm. One of four new stories in the Scary Tales Retold series.

When the engaged couple Jorinda and Jacob stumble into the witch’s part of the forest, she takes them captive. The hateful witch changes Jorinda into a singing bird. Will her fiancé save her, or will the witch keep her singing bird caged forever?

In the Brothers Grimm’s story of The White Snake, a servant marries the king’s daughter to live happily ever after. Will that be the case in this cursed retelling of a doomed dinner? One of four new stories in the award-winning Scary Tales Retold series.

Fred and Luisa find themselves in trouble once again when the new student mixes up recipes at their class's bakery field trip, leading to snakes running amok. While the students scramble out of the school in fear, Fred and Luisa suspect their old friend Frank is behind the Great Cupsnake Escape. Once again they put their creativity, their cooperation, and their courage to the test—but will it be enough to save the school from the snakes?